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Tony Bennett: 'Paul McCartney Has a Spirit That Moves Me'
Interview by David Griffiths, Record Mirror, 6 April 1968
THOUGH THE MUSICAL approach of Tony Bennett – and the bands he works with, such as Buddy Rich – is not usually treated with adulation ...
Rahsaan Roland Kirk: Roland Kirk: Doesn't Fit Into The Avant Garde
Interview by Chris Welch, Melody Maker, 12 November 1966
JAZZ snobs have been hit hard by the arrival of Roland Kirk the Magnificent. Roland's music lurches crazily, but creatively from the humorous to the ...
Dave Brubeck: Teo Macero: 'It May Be What Jazz Needs, The Psychedelic Touch'
Interview by Max Jones, Melody Maker, 9 September 1967
TEO MACERO, American Columbia A&R man, arranger, and composer of experimental music, is becoming a regular visitor to Britain. Last week he was with us ...
Quincy Jones, Sarah Vaughan: Music In The Making: Quincy Jones — Sarah Makes It All Worth While
Interview by Max Jones, Melody Maker, 12 October 1963
Quincy Jones, who spent last week in London enjoying the sights and sounds by day and night, is one of music's all-rounders. Bandleader, composer, arranger, publisher, ...
Sarah Vaughan: Madame Butterfly
Interview by Max Jones, Melody Maker, 21 September 1963
MAX JONES talks to a new-look SARAH VAUGHAN ...
Nina Simone: God Bless The Child
Interview by Jim Delehant, Hit Parader, September 1969
NINA SIMONE was born Eunice Waymon in Tryon, North Carolina, the sixth of eight children. Her mother worked as a housekeeper and her father was ...
Louis Armstrong: The Wonderful World of Louis Armstrong, Part 2
Interview by Max Jones, Melody Maker, 6 July 1968
"I'VE BEEN trying to follow you for 20 years," a trumpet player was saying to Louis Armstrong in Batley the other day. Louis raised his ...
Horace Silver: Eyes for the Writing Scene
Interview by Max Jones, Melody Maker, 23 November 1968
"I'D like to mention a new direction in my career." This was Horace Silver, talking at a Blue Note reception given for him at Ronnie ...
Nancy Wilson: Nancy, Bread and Butter Singer
Interview by Max Jones, Melody Maker, 9 March 1968
IT SEEMS as though Nancy Wilson is always making flying visits to this country in order to appear in television programmes. Once she came here ...
Nat King Cole: Not Even Nat Cole Can Afford To Be Without A Hit
Interview by June Harris, Disc, 15 December 1962
AFTER 25 years in show business, with TV, radio and cabaret success his for the asking, you might think that Nat King Cole would count ...
Dave Brubeck: I Don't Want to Go Commercial says DAVE BRUBECK
Interview by June Harris, Disc, 25 November 1961
HAS DAVE Brubeck, who arrived in Britain for a concert tour last Friday, created a precedent with 'Take Five' that will lead to a more ...
Interview by Max Jones, Melody Maker, 21 December 1968
ORGANIST JIMMY SMITH TELLS MAX JONES ABOUT HIS FIRST LOVE ...
Erroll Garner: Mr Garner and his New Brass Bed
Interview by Max Jones, Melody Maker, 17 May 1969
ERROLL GARNER arrived in London on Tuesday, last week, but not to appear in public. ...
Jimmy McGriff: McGriff An Organ Player For All Ears
Interview by Chris Welch, Melody Maker, 27 January 1968
WILD — THAT was the reaction to U.S. organ star Jimmy McGriff when he played his first-ever appearances in London this week. ...
Jimmy Witherspoon: A New Look For Spoon And Back To Authentic Blues
Interview by Max Jones, Melody Maker, 12 April 1969
IT WAS clear at first glance, when Jimmy Witherspoon and his wife walked into the MM offices last week, that I was confronted by a new-look Spoon. ...
Della Reese and her Mean Uncle
Interview by Max Jones, Melody Maker, 26 October 1968
DELLA REESE, halfway through her stint as special guest artist on the Tom Jones tour, rested in London on Monday and looked forward to a ...
Mose Allison: A Chunk Of Indian Music In 'I Got Rhythm' Isn't A Jazz Influence
Interview by Max Jones, Melody Maker, 29 January 1966
LONDON — MOSE ALLISON, Mississippi piano player now ending a two-week cabaret season at Annie's Room in London, is not quite the figure you expect ...
Mose Allison: Tempo: Mose Allison
Interview by Jim Delehant, Hit Parader, January 1968
"BLUES IS A very limited thing to play. I have to keep adding things to it to keep it interesting. I keep striving for higher ...
Lambert, Hendricks & Ross: Hendricks and Ross now Seek Fame...
Interview by Max Jones, Melody Maker, 13 April 1968
JON HENDRICKS, indelibly associated with the Lambert, Hendricks and Ross trio and the creation of a new form of jazz singing, has been experimenting with ...
Sammy Davis Jr.: 'Me and the Beatles'
Interview by David Griffiths, Record Mirror, 28 March 1964
SAMMY DAVIS TALKS TO DAVID GRIFFITHS ...
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